MEDIA ADVISORY - December 10, 1999
Fresh from Victory in Seattle, Trade Coalition Will Address Next Steps at Tuesday Briefing
Union Presidents - Joined by Green Group Chiefs, Human Rights Activists, Student Leaders - to Discuss "The Battle after Seattle"
What: Press Briefing: "The Battle after Seattle" (a light buffet lunch will be served)
When: Tuesday, December 14, 12:15 p.m.
Where: National Press Club, Washington, D.C., Holeman Room, 13th Floor
Who: George Becker, President, United Steelworkers of America
James P. Hoffa, President, International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Steve Yokich, President, United Auto Workers (by audio link)
Linda Chavez Thompson, Executive Vice-President, AFL-CIO
David Hyde, student leader of the Seattle protests
Eric Brakken, United Students Against Sweatshops
Carl Pope, Exec. Director, Sierra Club (by audio link)
Brent Blackwelder, President, Friends of the Earth
Patricia Forkan, Exec. Director, Humane Society US
Wei Jingsheng, leading Chinese democracy activist
Charlie Kernaghan, Exec. Dir., Nat'l Labor Committee for Human Rights
Lori Wallach, Director, Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch
Mike Dolan, principal Seattle protest organizer
Scott Nova, Director, Citizens Trade Campaign
Leaders of the coalition that redefined the politics of trade with mass protests in Seattle will hold a briefing Tuesday, Dec. 14 to discuss the battles ahead. Union presidents, heads of environmental, animal welfare and consumer groups, and student and human rights activists will address plans for year 2000. USWA President George Becker, says: "Our coalition is bigger, broader and more united than ever. We will continue to challenge the trade agenda of giant multinationals and Wall Street with an agenda that puts people first."